Plank siding

Abstract

A method of painting metal coil for use in forming panels includes placing indicia on opposite sides of an image on the metal coil. The individual sections of the metal coil that include the image can be rotated 180° to create two different looking panels out of the same image on the printed metal coil.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A method of forming a plurality of siding panels, comprising:
 painting at least one image on a metal coil; 
 painting a first indicia on said metal coil outside of a first section of said at least one image and painting a second indicia on said metal coil outside of a second section of said at least one image, wherein the first and second sections extend parallel to one another and are located on opposite sides of the image; 
 forming said metal coil into two or more siding panels such that said first indicia is on a securing flange of a first siding panel of the two or more siding panels and said second indicia is on an oppositely disposed tab of the first siding panel and said second indicia is further on a securing flange of a second siding panel of the two or more siding panels and said first indicia is further on an oppositely disposed tab of the second siding panel; 
 wherein said first indicia includes a plurality of spaced apart indicia; 
 wherein said second indicia includes a second plurality of spaced apart indicia; and 
 wherein said first indicia and said second indicia are positioned on a same plane as a portion of the metal coil that is in between the plurality of spaced apart indicia of the first indicia and the plurality of spaced apart indicia of the second indicia. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of forming a siding panel of  claim 1 , wherein said first indicia and second indicia are numerical symbols. 
     
     
       3. The method of forming a siding panel of  claim 2 , wherein said first indicia and second indicia are a mirror images of each other. 
     
     
       4. The method of forming a siding panel of  claim 1 , wherein said image is a woodgrain pattern. 
     
     
       5. The method of forming a siding panel of  claim 1 , wherein the metal coil is a single piece. 
     
     
       6. The method of forming a siding panel of  claim 1 , wherein said metal coil includes steel. 
     
     
       7. The method of forming a siding panel of  claim 1 , wherein said painting of at least one image is done with a series of rollers.